Your guide to making the most of the Calais booze cruise

Youve got the presents  now wheres the drink?

CROSSING THE Channel to stock up on cheap drink is now as traditional as opening the Advent calendar. But, once off the ferry or shuttle, where exactly do you go? There are two key zones to head for. On the western side of town, towards Coquelles and the Eurotunnel terminal, you’ll find the French hypermarkets and outposts of British supermarkets. On the eastern fringe of the port lies the ZAC Marcel Doret industrial estate, where you’ll find the key cash-and-carry warehouses.

THE WEST SIDE This zone splits further into two centres. Hard by the Eurotunnel terminal, the vast Cité Europe shopping centre is home to the French hypermarket Carrefour and our own Tesco. A couple of miles back towards town, the ZA La Française commercial estate boasts the hypermarkets Auchan and Sainsbury’s.

The hypermarkets are enormous temples to French abundance and sophistication, and they sell almost everything: alongside the booze,